OUR FEATURED GUEST:
Daniel L. Goodwin, Director, Inland Real Estate Group Inc.Mr. Goodwin started in the real estate business in 1968, when he and three partners began moonlighting from their jobs as schoolteachers, building a house in Bensenville, which they sold for $29,000. Today, Inland companies own $26 billion in real estate covering 48 states, with holdings ranging from shopping centers and apartments to prisons and charter schools. Mr. Goodwin has been a leader in so-called unlisted real estate investment trusts, whose shares are initially sold through broker dealers, instead of through an IPO. Mr. Goodwin has overseen the founding of more than 600 investment ventures and businesses, including Retail Properties of America Inc., which is traded on the NYSE, with revenue of $567 million in 2012. He also is a director of Oak Brook-based Inland Real Estate Corp., another NYSE company, with revenue of nearly $160 million in 2012.

INTERVIEWED BY:
Thomas A. Corfman, Assistant Managing Editor, Crain's Chicago BusinessAs a reporter, Tom Corfman covered commercial real estate for nearly 14 years at Crain's Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune. In his current role, he continues to contribute to Crain's real estate coverage, both in print and online. He also oversees Crain's expanded reporting on health care.